It’s now Public!!!
Posted on 20 January 2012 | No responses
So because I have have many request to put my tutorials on public I had decided that I would take them all off of the unlisted list and it’ll now be seen by the public (youtube). I hope that with this decision I’ll be able to help many other individuals learn how to sew Hmong clothes and whatever else I have on my tutorials. Speaking of tutorials, also by popular demand I will soon start making some more “how to sew Hmong paj ntaub”. There are a lot more patterns to share and with that being said, I hope I’ll be able to make some more tutorials. As for the hat tutorial that I had started on and lost the files due to the fact that my computer crashing, I was able to retrieve the file but I am currently working on restoring the files.
Txoj Hmoo Phem
Posted on 19 January 2012 | 3 responses
Remember a few months ago back in September, I was looking for the 1988 Thai movie called “Koo Krum” starring Waruth Woratum and Jintara Sookkapat? Well it looks like luck was really on my side! Back in November during Thanksgiving weekend, I went up to North Carolina for their Hmong New Year. I was walking around and saw a booth with a lot of very old Hmong dubbed movies. I was patience enough to dig through every single box they had and to my surprise when I was just about to give up, I saw the movie sitting nicely in a box waiting patiently for me! 
Now I am able to watch this movie anytime I want to and best of all, it was in DVD format too!
Got It!!
Posted on 9 January 2012 | No responses
I was able to get with a friend this past weekend and got all my needed programs onto my new laptop! very excited, now I can blog, edit photos, tutorials, music and etc as before. Hopefully this time, I would be better at it and not lack so much! But just to inform everyone I got most of my programs back! Another friend of mine was able to restore a few of my lost files from my old crashed laptop, with that being said, I will try to see if I can get my incomplete tutorials restore and post it up. A few days ago, I tried to restore the tutorials since it was still saved under the program I used, I wasn’t able to since I have not uploaded the program, now that it’s been uploaded, hopefully I can restore the tutorials. Updates to come, I hope everything will get restore!!!
Lig Hawj and Naij- Cia Wb Ua Kab Noog Nyob Ywj Siab
Posted on 4 January 2012 | 2 responses
I have fallen in love with this beautiful duet and thought that sharing is caring! I know we always want to listen to original songs, but a lot of time Hmong artist fell short of that, well especially the ones from Laos/Thailand but if they sing the song well and as long as it’s not an American song, I don’t mind it at all. This song has a Chinese beat and most likely is taken from a Chinese song, but it doesn’t matter because the message of the song was very strong and it caught my attention. Yesterday when I discover this song, it was literally on repeat on my Droid Bionic all day long.
Majority of us or at least a few of us have been in this route before. You love someone with all your heart but either one set of parents or both sets of parents oppose of the love thus they will find every which way to break you up. A few people can relate to this song and will find this song very good and sad, some people will just like the song, some people will just love the guys voice (I sure did) some people will just hate the song, who knows, but many of us have feel this pain, have felt the agony of having to let the person we love the most go because we were unable to fight for that person. Whatever it is, it’s still a great song.
I have never seen or hear of the guy in this duet before, whoever know who this guy is, please do share his songs too. I know that a few artist have their first start buy singing in a duet with a more known artist and sometimes they either failed or succeed or some just never have another song, whoever this guy is, I would love to hear more songs from him! I just absolutely love his voice. I like Lig Hawj’s voice, but once I heard Naij’s voice I feel deeply in love with his voice and couldn’t get enough of his strong and powerful voice!
Enjoy this beautiful song!
Ligtshwm sim los ua neeg ntshaw muaj kev hlub zoo
once in a life we wish to be loved
thiaj li los hlub koj
so I came to love you
xav tsis tsog tias
I’ve never thought that
kev mob siab yav los rau wb
the pain will fall upon us
vim tej niam tej txiv
because of moms and dads (he said tej niam tej txiv which means b/c of both/all parents)
nrog tej neej tej tsa
along with relatives and cousins
txiav wb kev sib hlub yuav ua cas tso
have broken our love how are we going to let go
wb sib hlub zoo tag npaum no
our love have been so strong
vim koj niam txiv tsis nyiam kuv ua lawm tus vauv
because your parents does not want me as their son in law
puas yog wb muaj kev txhuam tiam dhau los
is it because we have sin in the past life
lub ntuj thiaj rau txim rau wb nyob rau tiam no
thus the heavens are punishing us
luag thiaj muab wb ciav zoo li no
so people want to separate us like this
cia wb txia ua kab ua noog mus nyob ywj siab
let us become bugs and birds so we can become free
thiaj tsis muaj tus los txiav kev sib hlub
so there will be no one to break our love
nyob toj roob hauv hav los tsuav wb tau sib hlub
whether we live in the mountains or forest as long as we love each other
noj txiv hmab txiv ntoo tsuav tau ua ke
whether we eat vines or tree fruits as long as we are together
vim tej niam tej txiv
because of moms and dads (he said tej niam tej txiv which means b/c of both/all parents)
nrog tej neej tej tsa
along with relatives and cousins
txiav wb kev sib hlub yuav ua cas tso
have broken our love how are we going to let go
wb sib hlub zoo tag npaum no
our love have been so strong
vim koj niam txiv tsis nyiam kuv ua lawm tus vauv
because your parents does not want me as their son in law
puas yog wb muaj kev txhuam tiam dhau los
is it because we have sin in the past life
lub ntuj thiaj rau txim rau wb nyob rau tiam no
thus the heavens are punishing us
luag thiaj muab wb ciav zoo li no
so people want to separate us like this
cia wb txia ua kab ua noog mus nyob ywj siab
let us become bugs and birds so we can become free
thiaj tsis muaj tus los txiav kev sib hlub
so there will be no one to break our love
nyob toj roob hauv hav los tsuav wb tau sib hlub
whether we live in the mountains or forest as long as we love each other
noj txiv hmab txiv ntoo tsuav tau ua ke
whether we eat vines or tree fruits as long as we are together
wb yauv tsis sib nrug yuav hlub mus tag tiam no
let us become bugs and birds so we can become free
2011 At A Glance
Posted on 31 December 2011 | No responses
Happy New Year readers! 2011 have came by quick, too quick for me in fact but I hope that everyone was able to enjoy 2011 and made the best of what you can! I hope every goal, plan and resolution has been accomplished, if not, may you complete them in 2012!
I’ll have to say this year have been very exciting yet very uneventful for me, if that makes any sense. There have been many changes and yet many things still stayed the same. So with that, here’s 2011 at a glance.
January
-Hmong’s beloved father General Vang Pao was pronounced dead in Clovis Califonia
-Nothing else really happened
February
-My oldest brother got remarried 
-General Vang Pao’s long and sad funeral
March
-started my NCIS obsession lol
-started house shopping
-nothing happened this month at all, well at least nothing I can recall!
April
-I’ve discover rock climbing for the first time
-nothing happened
May
-a trip to Destin Florida with a few friends, had the best time in a long time
-Touly Vangkhue’s concert in NC, I couldn’t make it! 
June
-seriously, nothing I can recall happened
July
-July 4th Freedom Tournament in MN that I had to miss
-my friend from CA visit, didn’t do much though
-I’ve signed and closed my house, bought my very first house
August
-moved into my very first house
-I am getting older by the year
-I officially became an Aunt, my beautiful niece Ryla was born
-new school/college
September
-baby Ryla’s hu plig khi tes
October
-bought myself a sewing machine ahaha
-a good friend from CA made and sent me a cute Hmong outfit
-made myself two Hmong outfit at the very last minute
November
-SC Hmong New Year
-GA Hmong New Year
-NC Hmong New Year(s)
-Thanksgiving for the first time at my own home
December
-my laptop completely crashed on me
-Christmas with the family
-after a few long weeks of laptopless I finally got a new one
-renewed my online domain
Nyob Zoo Xyoo Tshiab with Maiv Huas Hawj
Posted on 30 December 2011 | No responses
Nyob Zoo Xyoo Tshiab to my fellow readers and everyone out there!
It’s almost the new year, can you believe it? Time sure had flown fast, faster than any of us can hold onto, but with time, we’ve grew to become who we are. With that being said, I hope everyone made the best of 2011! May everyone have a wonderful New Year! Hope that everyone stays safe and enjoy the New Year with everyone you love! May the New Year bring you much love, joy, laughter and may all your had work pay off!
For now, here is a song for everyone and may everyone have a Happy New Year!
Remember to stay safe!!!
Singer: Maiv Huas Hawj
Title: Xyoo Tshiab (New Year)
xyoo tshiab twg tig los txog
the New Year has come
hnub peb tos tos
the day we have been waiting for
twg yog hnub noj lub tsiab peb cuag
is the day we have our New Year
xyooj tshiab coj lus suab luag
the New Year had brought laughter
peb tau sib cuag
we come together
tus laus tus hluas los tham luag ntxhi
the old and the young talk with laughter
lub tsiab peb cuag los txog
the New Year is here
nws coj koj los cuag tau kuv
it took you to meet me
xyoo tshiab coj txoj kev hlub
the New Year brought love
los rau kuv rau nej rau peb
to me to them to us
xyoo tshiab coj koj thiab kuv
the New Year had brought you and I
coj nej thiab peb los nyob ua ke
had taken them and us together
los zaum sib ze
to sit closely
thov foom ib lo lus zoo
wishing a kind word
rau peb tsoom hmoob
to every Hmong person
tsuas mauj nyob zoo noj qab huas huv
to live well, eat good, drink cleanly (the best wishing towards someone else)
thov kom peb hmoob
wishing us Hmoob
tsuas muaj noj qab nyob zoo
to have good food and live well
peb caug twb tig los txog
the New Year has came around
los peb pov pob
lets toss ball
los sib tw dhia hais zaj kwv txhiaj
lets compete and sing in poetry
xyoo tshiab coj lub suab luag
the new year had brought laughter
peb tau sib cuag
we have come together
tus laus tus hluas los tham luag ntxhi
the old and the young talk with laughter
lub tsiab peb caug los txog
the new year has came
nws coj koj los cuag tau kuv
it had taken you to meet me
xyoo tshiab coj txoj kev hlub
the new year had brought love
los rau kuv rau nej rau peb
to me to them to us
xyoo tshiab coj koj thiab kuv
the new year had brought you and me
coj nej thiab peb los nyob ua ke
had taken them and us together
los zaum sib ze
to sit closely
thov foom ib lo lus zoo
wishing a kind word
rau peb tsoom hmoob
to every Hmong person
tsuas muaj nyob zoo noj qab huas huv
to live well, eat good, drink cleanly
xyoo tshiab coj koj thiab kuv
the new year had brought you and me
coj nej thiab peb los nyob ua ke
had taken them and us together
los zaum sib ze
to sit closely
thov foom ib lo lus zoo
wishing a kind word
rau peb tsoom hmoob
to every Hmong person
tsuas muaj nyob zoo noj qab huas huv
to live well, eat good, drink cleanly
xyoo tshiab coj koj thiab kuv
the new year had brought you and me
coj nej thiab peb los nyob ua ke
had taken them and us together
los zaum sib ze
to sit closely
thov foom ib lo lus zoo
wishing a kind word
rau peb tsoom hmoob
to every Hmong person
tsuas muaj nyob zoo noj qab huas huv
to live well, eat good, drink cleanly
My Brother’s Little Family
Posted on 29 December 2011 | 1 response
It’s been a very long time since I got into photography and I sure do miss it! This past weekend my sister in law’s family wanted my sister and I to do a photoshot of their family so my sister Hlee and I were kind enough to do a free photo session for them. My sister in law’s older sister actually have a set of lights and some old back drops so we used those sets, not the best but we were able to make it work under the circumstance.
My sister Hlee took most of the photos as I really was there just to set up the lights for her. The lights were very weak and not adjustable so the magic with the light was really done through the camera. Either way we made it work and the photo didn’t turn out so bad. Of all the photos from that session I took this photo, it’s a photo of my brother, sister in law, my lovely niece and my sister in law’s grandmother.
I took this photo but Hlee edited the file. New laptop doesn’t have any editing programs yet, but I will work on getting the programs onto the new laptop.
I am very excited, cannot wait until next year so I can buy myself a set of lights and hopefully get some backdrops along with it. As for now, enjoy the photo!
Renewed!
Posted on 28 December 2011 | No responses
My domain have been renewed, that means I will continue to blog at full force again! I am so glad that I finally got a new laptop (again). Now it’s time to get all my programs onto the new laptop, I have to get them all over again! It really sucks to blog without Photoshop, Goldwave, Adobe Audition and the few programs that I do use. My new laptop is an i7 processor so hopefully I can run all these programs without much trouble!
Back to blogging mode again!
Christmas Gingerbread Contest
Posted on 27 December 2011 | No responses
Christmas night we had a wonderful Christmas hang out! It was awesome! First, we had a yummy dinner with the family on Saturday night. We also baked cookies and also had a ginger bread house contest, so much fun! We also played games with the kids, stayed until midnight and then Baby Ryla was the first to open her Christmas gifts then everyone else opened theirs! It was a blast! I’ll have to say, this is thus far, the best Christmas ever! After the gift opening the kids stayed up and played more games. Next morning we got up, super early and made pho for breakfast.
below are photos from the ginger bread contest
Vandala’s gingerbread house
Athena and Treasure with their most prettiest ginger bread house. Yep they won the most prettiest
Hlee’s second runner up for most creative
Tony’s runner up for most creative
Jeffery and Cindy’s gingerbread house for most creative
Athena and Treasure’s gingerbread house, the prettiest
Channing and Savier’s gingerbread house, won the ugliest
FINALLY!
Posted on 26 December 2011 | No responses
Yes finally! A few weeks ago I met with a friend to take a look at my laptop, I gave him my laptop so he can give a look at the laptop, sadly it refused to work so he pronounced my laptop dead. I don’t know if I can retrieve my lost files but I will try. I have lots of files that I want to share and videos tutorials I have been working on and photos that I wanted to post up, but again, there’s a good chance I may not be able to retrieve it since the laptop is completely dead. He said he will bring it to a friend to see if he can scan it and get the files, but we’ll see if it happens!
With all that sad news, the good news is, I finally purchased a new laptop! Whew! No more Sony Vaio’s for me! This time I got myself a Asus laptop! Something new for me! Read some good reviews for this laptop which helped me decided on the pick. I hope this laptop will survive with me as long as it can! It’s nice and sleek, small and thin, the key board is very comfortable! Let’s hope this is it! I do not want to spend any more money on laptops!
So I hope to be back to blogging now that I have a laptop once again!
I hope everyone had a great Christmas!!!!